OCTOBER 11, 2019
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 36 for 3 (de Bruyn 20*, Umesh 2-16) trail India 601 for 5 dec (Kohli 254*, Agarwal 108, Jadeja 91, Rahane 59, Pujara 58, Rabada 3-93) by 565 runs
PUNE - On day two of Test two, Virat Kohli and friends just stood there and beat every bit of fight out of a tattered...
OCTOBER 11, 2019
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU - Kicking off their two-day informal summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in a casual conversation in a serene setting in Tamil Nadu’s Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram), about 55 kms away from Chennai.
This is their sixth meeting since the first informal summit in Wuhan in April 2018, and the third since...
OCTOBER 11, 2019
If you are planning to apply for an H-1B visa for a job in the USA, the United States (US) Embassy has a piece of advice for you -- apply for the visa 3 months in advance.
"Applying for your work #USvisa? You can apply up to 90 days before the employment start date noted on your I-797...
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Alexei Leonov listens to Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen speak at the London Science Museum ahead of the launch of space mission Principia on December 15, 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
Legendary cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space — an experience that almost killed him — and later the commander of the Russian Soyuz...
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Michael McKinley (right) resigned from his role as adviser to Mike Pompeo.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Michael McKinley, a career diplomat and senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has resigned his position amid rising dissatisfaction and plummeting morale inside the State Department over what is seen as Pompeo’s failure to support personnel ensnared in the Ukraine controversy.
A...
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Day 1, at stumps - India 273 for 3 (Agarwal 108, Kohli 63*, Rahane 18*, Rabada 3-48) v South Africa
Indian opener Mayank Agarwal celebrates after scoring a century.
PUNE - Mayank Agarwal came back to the site of his first-class resurgence to score a second successive Test hundred that sent India into a position of strength...
OCTOBER 10, 2019
FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
KIEV - Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Kiev did not have any problems...
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Interesting news for those struggling with hair loss – it might not be all related to genetics, as conventional wisdom dictates.
Research presented on Wednesday at the 28th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress (EADV) in Madrid, Spain, indicates that exposure to air pollutants, called particulate matter (PM), is linked to hair loss in humans.
According to a release, the...
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Singapore financial district at dusk.
Singapore has overtaken the U.S. to become the most competitive nation in the world, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).
In its 2019 Global Competitiveness Report, the WEF measured the strength of 103 key indicators, such as inflation, digital skills and trade tariffs, across 141 countries.
The key indicators in the report were...
OCTOBER 8, 2019
President Trump with the American ambassador to the European Union, Gordon D. Sondland, in Brussels last year. - Doug Mills/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, announcing that it would not cooperate with what it called an illegitimate and partisan effort “to overturn the results of the...
